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Originally Posted by LittleJoe
I use Apple Maps and Waze via CarPlay and they work great. What I don't know for sure if they are getting to the Internet via my iPhones cellular network or the BMW WiFi. I would guess cellular since I did not enable the built-in BMW WiFi for use with iPads and such.
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But isn't your BMW wifi on for CarPlay connectivity - the process is that the connection starts with Bluetooth, and then it auto-negotiates a wifi connection with the car.
Yes, Maps works, as does Music streaming and Messages via CarPlay. But when the phone is connected this way, the phone itself is dead to the internet. See if your phone shows a DIRECTblah blah blah connection listed in Settings>Wifi when you are in the car and CarPlay is active. If so, try to browse with Safari or check mail.
Further, apps like SiriusXM are not working - no internet connection since the phone is connected to a dead-ended wifi point
If wifi is definitely
not enabled in your car, then my connection process was very different. I had to turn wifi for in the car, and then follow the wireless carplay connect steps which silently and automatically connected to the BMW wifi access point as part fo the process (uses Bluetooth to commence the connection process and that connection negotiates the Wifi connection with no intervention on your part).